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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
4
An incident ends with a Green Motorman ditching a large vehicle after hearing cries from Seab and then speeding toward a switch. Eyewitnesses report urgent cries followed by a rapid dash as the vehicle left the scene.
A street car No. 42 derailed near the Milwaukee railroad crossing on the north side at o this morning after a 15 mph ride. Citizens blame the green motorman while a detective cites malicious boys. A Monitor brewery team was near the scene and one horse was struck. A North Side boycott of the street car company continues with workers, families, and unions turning to trains or walking.
North La Crosse lodge No. 199 F and A M awarded Elam Frey a past master's jewel at a Tuesday evening meeting. The honor came as a complete surprise to Mr. Frey.
A concise maxim asserts that the strongest test of a religion lies in its guidance for small everyday moments. The saying highlights practical ethics over grand doctrine and emphasizes lived faith.
In Kenosha Wisconsin on June 23 Miss Almira E. Terry head of the stenographic department of Thom Jeoffrey Automobile company united in marriage with Mr Oren Bert Covey of the Standard Paving company Chicago. Rev 8 C Bronson of Garrett Biblical Institute performed the private ceremony. The couple, former La Crosse residents, will honeymoon in Kenosha before settling at Irving Park.
Abe Peterson of La Crosse and Susie Clemmens of Bangor wed at 609 Main Street with Judge Brindley officiating. A wedding supper followed at the groom’s father’s home, 1407 Kane Street, witnessed by about twenty guests.
The North Side brief notes an apron social held by the Ladies of the Norwegian M E church in the vacant 1224 Gillette Street store on June 24. It lists various local visits and meetings including German Methodist Ladies Aid at 1413 Avon Street and Caledonia Street M E church events.
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Private advices from Ashville North Carolina report I Watson Stephenson son of Wisconsin senator Stephenson is at the point of death from tuberculosis.
A summer girl imagines she cannot stay cool without a shirt waist so sheer that a blind man could see through it, reflecting a lighthearted, informal diary tone from a bygone era.
In Appleton Wisconsin on Tuesday night a vaudeville actor identified as Joseph Willard admitted he was the man who eloped with Belle Aiken of Menominee Michigan in 1897. He described two weeks of pursuit by detectives after their Chicago elopement and a later alleged separation orchestrated by police. He said he was jailed briefly for assault when a detective demanded to see the police chief without a warrant. He claimed his wife was later spirited away by Bob Jennings and two officers and sent north on a special train. He spent two years trying to contact her.
Messrs Kramer and Sheck display extraordinary muscular development in a wonderful demonstration. The performers are praised as perfectly built men, with Kramer compared to Sandow in feats of strength. A talk on benefits of regular exercise accompanies each show. A Saturday afternoon demonstration for school children is planned.
Martin Cramer, assistant ticket passenger agent of the Milwaukee Road, received a noon telephone message from his daughter Clara announcing her marriage to Frank Saradakes, a West Division High School and University of Wisconsin graduate.
Advert says Foley's Honey and Tar aids chronic throat and lung troubles. It claims bronchitis asthma and consumption sufferers find comfort and relief after using the product by O. T. Erhart.
Milwaukee June 24 Vera Lee in Turner's court faced the reading of a second police confession in which she said I shot four times with the gun against his stomach He doubled up after the first shot and said Im dead The defense fought admission claiming mental illness and testimony described her drug addiction and instability with morphine.
Milwaukee judge Brazee sentences Ralph Jones 2 years in the Green Bay reformatory after finding him guilty of inflicting a knife wound on Berberich on a Wednesday in municipal court.
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